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&daTextBox=<font size="11" face="arial" color="#000000"><b><u><a target="_blank" target="_blank" href="http://www.sonicfoundry.com/%20">Sonic Foundry</a></u> Soft Encode</b> <i>(Win) </i><br>Soft Encode is a stand-alone Dolby Digital encoder. It will open six channels of 16 and 24 bit PCM.WAV and Raw PCM files with sample rates of 32 kKz, 44.1kHz, or 48 kHz. It can also open Dolby Digital files. It will allow users to boost and cut individual channels.<br>
<b><u><a target="_blank" target="_blank" href="http://www.minnetonkaaudio.com/">Minnetonka Audio</a></u> Software SurCODE </b><i>(Win)</i><br>Minnetonka's Dolby Digital encoder runs on a Windows platform. A simple user interface makes it easy to submit 6 .WAV files for processing. The soundfiles can come from any surround sound authoring system that outputs .wav files in a 5.1 surround format. Minnetonka is adding an interface for automatically submitting sound files from Minnetonka's own Mx51 during final mastering.<br>
<b><u><a target="_blank" target="_blank" href="http://www.kindofloud.com/products/smartcode_pro.html">Kind of Loud SmartCode</a></u></b> <i>(Mac/Win)</i><br>SmartCode Pro allows Pro Tools users to preview their 5.1 surround mixes in real time 5.1, then encode and decode the mix to create a six-channel surround master.<br>
<b><u><a target="_blank" target="_blank" href="http://www.sekd.com">Sek'd</a></u> AC-3 Encoder</b><br>The Sek'd AC-3 Encooder is a high quality Dolby Digital encoder. It adds multichannel Dolby AC-3 export capabilities to Samplitude 2496 and SEQUOIA. The encoder may run as a stand-alone application assigning a WAV file to each channel to be encoded. Up to six audio files may be used to create the AC-3 file. The main dialog box provides rapid selection of data and sampling rates. It supports audio coding modes such as 1/0, 2/0, 3/0, 2/1, 3/1, 2/2, and 3/2. The encoder also provides processing preview with user-selected preview offset and duration. <br></font>
